Thoracic Patient-Please Help!

[John Galt]

An additional caution or two. A good surgeon will not operate based only on an MRI, they will do a physical exam also. I would run from a surgeon who does not use both. Many people have herniated disks and do not report backpain. Why? Because as Jsewell touched on, herniated disks are often NOT the pain generators.

For example, my MRI shows a herniated disk, I declined surgery and chose Prolotherapy and Ozone instead and I'm now virtually pain free and I still have a herniated disk (L4-L5).